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you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt that it was time for him to step down and resign. if you know david petraeus and it was discussed earlier in the program, part of his internal makeup would be that he would not be able to lead an organization after this kind of an event, so he tendered his resignation which was accepted the day after he gave it. >> i think there are some people, though, who are supporters of david petraeus who would say, why not stick it out? a lot of people have respect for him, democrats and republicans, like the job he was doing. plenty of people in the world have affairs, why ste
you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt...
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paula broadwell has a lot of other sources out there. and remember, she did have some security clearance as a former -- and really is a reservist in a military intelligence officer. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, many thanks to you. members of congress have expressed outrage over a lack of communication to the point of saying their lack of involvement in this could be criminal. watch. >> you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both the house and senate of the intelligence committee. and if they were not informed, and looks like senator feinstein was not informed, then something is grossly wrong. those people have to know. >> a lot of questions about who knew what when. let's bring in cnn senior congressional correspondent dana bash on capitol hill for us. dana, great to see you. congress as you know back to work today. they'll be holding this closed door briefing today on that attack in benghazi back on 9/11 and a hearing later this week. a lot of people saying, you know, doesn't really m
paula broadwell has a lot of other sources out there. and remember, she did have some security clearance as a former -- and really is a reservist in a military intelligence officer. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, many thanks to you. members of congress have expressed outrage over a lack of communication to the point of saying their lack of involvement in this could be criminal. watch. >> you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both...
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we're told paula broadwell's second and time interview with f.b.i. was on the friday before the election. that is when they were able to formally conclude no crimes were committed. now also classified documents were found on her computer but officials say there was no indication that petraeus was the source. director of national intelligence james clapper is said to have learned about the t on election day and asked the general to resign on thursday. the general went to the white house friday and the president accepted the resignation. senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein said the news was like a lightning bolt. top former aide to petraeus said the general is devastated. a former spokesman for petraeus said the jep's wife of 38 years is furious. white house officials insist they were first told of the investigation wednesday. the president thursday. but three well-placed intelligence sources say john brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism advisor was aware of the affair as early as summer of 2011. something his spokesman deni
we're told paula broadwell's second and time interview with f.b.i. was on the friday before the election. that is when they were able to formally conclude no crimes were committed. now also classified documents were found on her computer but officials say there was no indication that petraeus was the source. director of national intelligence james clapper is said to have learned about the t on election day and asked the general to resign on thursday. the general went to the white house friday...
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the woman was later identified as his biographer, paula broadwell. the fbi investigated the affair after broadwell reportedly sent harassing e-mails to a tampa socialite, jill kelly. now, general allen is under investigation for his contacts with kelly. both he and kelly deny they ever had an affair. for more on all of this, that's really a hard web to even follow, let's bring in our intelligence correspondent, suzanne kelly. suzanne, the fbi searched paula broad broadwell's home. what do you know about that? >> agents spent about five hours conducting a search and took documents and computers from her house. now, we're told by a u.s. official that agents are looking further into what classified materials she has, but the official described this search as sort of tying up loose ends. an earlier search of broadwell's computer did turn up classified material. and according to that same official, broadwell and petraeus both told investigators that the material did not come from him. but you can bet that those agents are now trying to track down the sour
the woman was later identified as his biographer, paula broadwell. the fbi investigated the affair after broadwell reportedly sent harassing e-mails to a tampa socialite, jill kelly. now, general allen is under investigation for his contacts with kelly. both he and kelly deny they ever had an affair. for more on all of this, that's really a hard web to even follow, let's bring in our intelligence correspondent, suzanne kelly. suzanne, the fbi searched paula broad broadwell's home. what do you...
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broadwell or know anything of her work. >> i do know paula. she's a very smart, very attract tive, very driven woman. a fellow west point graduate who has been very present in the washington policy community and the national security debate. i am also sickened by the damage this will obviously do to her to her husband scott, whom i've met, to their children. this is a very sad story for all concerned. >> ifill: sari horowitz, we have heard members including the head of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein say they still want to hear from general petraeus especially when it comes to the u.s. involvement in the murders in benghazi, libya. where does that stand tonight? do we expect his acting c.i.a. chief to be the one to step up next week or later this week? >> you know, we're not really sure who is going to be testifying before closed doors at this point. but, you know, another question that feinstein and others brought up was why didn't the justice department and the f.b.i. let them know the beginning of your show you had that
broadwell or know anything of her work. >> i do know paula. she's a very smart, very attract tive, very driven woman. a fellow west point graduate who has been very present in the washington policy community and the national security debate. i am also sickened by the damage this will obviously do to her to her husband scott, whom i've met, to their children. this is a very sad story for all concerned. >> ifill: sari horowitz, we have heard members including the head of the senate...
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she had reported getting harassing emails from another woman, paula broadwell. the f.b.i. investigation that followed uncovered broadwell's affair with petraeus. but according to the newest revelations, agents also found extensive contacts between kelley and general allen. the f.b.i. notifieded the pentagon on sunday. last night spokesman george little read a statement from defense secretary leon panetta on a flight to australia. >> today the secretary directed that the matter be referred to the inspector general of the department of defense for investigation. it is now in the hands of the department of the secretary-general. >> brown: early news accounts said allen and kelley exchanged 20,000-30,000 pages of emails and other documents over the last two years. for part of that time the general served as deputy commander at u.s. central command faced at the air force base in tampa. jill kelley and her hus ban often organized social events for the military. one senior defense official said today that the emails between allen and kelley were mostly routine and involved planni
she had reported getting harassing emails from another woman, paula broadwell. the f.b.i. investigation that followed uncovered broadwell's affair with petraeus. but according to the newest revelations, agents also found extensive contacts between kelley and general allen. the f.b.i. notifieded the pentagon on sunday. last night spokesman george little read a statement from defense secretary leon panetta on a flight to australia. >> today the secretary directed that the matter be referred...
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separate and apart from this paula broadwell. you see this jill kelley here, she's a social liaison of some sort to some military officials. now, jill kelley and general allen had some sort of social relationship, or professional relationship that resulted in a bunch of allegedly inappropriate emails and general allen is being questioned about those. a source close to him says there was nothing inappropriate, they were friends and that is all. that is being investigated. you heard jay carney responding also to whether there is a isis of leadership in the military and jay carney is saying they are not going to go that far and president obama has great confidence in the military and his commanders. back to david petraeus, apparently the president does not have confidence in him because he accepted his resignation and when asked whether the administration expected that general petraeus would nonetheless testify before congress on what happened in benghazi, the murder of our ambassador and three others, and general petraeus was one o
separate and apart from this paula broadwell. you see this jill kelley here, she's a social liaison of some sort to some military officials. now, jill kelley and general allen had some sort of social relationship, or professional relationship that resulted in a bunch of allegedly inappropriate emails and general allen is being questioned about those. a source close to him says there was nothing inappropriate, they were friends and that is all. that is being investigated. you heard jay carney...
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and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may have sent along classified documents. so there somebody responsible has to say, nothing to see here. it's internal investigation. you know, tpetraeus may be actig up but this is no longer a crime. they said it wasn't a crime and then at that point they break through that wall. and then they spread it out beyond the walls of the fbi. >> but is there not -- it seems like the first instance here is like the original sin. the first decision -- >> the original sin is the biggest sin. >> because once they get to -- at least, again, not being an expert but reading the news acco
and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may...
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do you agree with jason chaffetz and paula broadwell's dad? >> i think there is probably more that meets the eye because new details are emerging every single hour, martha. here is my issue. how could, how could they tell us or how could sources be telling us, a source told me on friday, that the affair has nothing to do with benghazi? general petraeus was looking forward to testifying at the hearing. then we learn he is not going to be testifying. chairman mike rogers says he may invite him to testify as a private citizen. but the biggest question here, you have the sex scandal and you have benghazi. and answers that people need to know are the two related? why isn't he testifying? why isn't senator clinton testifying? did the white house know about this? and did his answer that it was driven by a video, which is what he told congress after the benghazi attack, did his answer have any connection to his personal indiscretions? i think that is the most important question. martha: we know general petraeus made a site visit. he went to benghazi a
do you agree with jason chaffetz and paula broadwell's dad? >> i think there is probably more that meets the eye because new details are emerging every single hour, martha. here is my issue. how could, how could they tell us or how could sources be telling us, a source told me on friday, that the affair has nothing to do with benghazi? general petraeus was looking forward to testifying at the hearing. then we learn he is not going to be testifying. chairman mike rogers says he may invite...
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he was having an affair with paula broadwell. broadwell, right. paula broadwell thought that jill kelly might be honing in on her action. so she started sending some threatening e-mails to jill kelly and that whole thing blew up. and david came -- it became public. david petraeus of course resigned as head of the c.i.a. because of it. now we find out the same jill kelly who is not only -- according to paula broadwell trying to get too close to dade petraeus -- to david petraeus, she was also cozying up, at least through e-mails to the top general in afghanistan. john r. allen. i mean you know, this whole thing -- i gotta tell you and i've been criticized for it. i saw some story this morning. oh, the liberal bill press says america has to grow up and get over its victorian kind of thinking about sex scandals but i honestly believe that. this is nothing but a giant love triangle. it is a classic case of a guy in power who is -- who is there for attractive -- who is therefore attractive to some women or some men. people in power celebrities are alwa
he was having an affair with paula broadwell. broadwell, right. paula broadwell thought that jill kelly might be honing in on her action. so she started sending some threatening e-mails to jill kelly and that whole thing blew up. and david came -- it became public. david petraeus of course resigned as head of the c.i.a. because of it. now we find out the same jill kelly who is not only -- according to paula broadwell trying to get too close to dade petraeus -- to david petraeus, she was also...
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this anonymous e-mails alleged to have been sent by paula broadwell from an e-mail account, one received by general john allen, warning him about jill kelley. he knew jill kelley, so he would according to the senior official, he wrote to her and said, look, somebody is talking badly about you in e-mail, even threatening you. we don't know what happened there. that may have been what caused the fbi to be contacted by jill kelley. i'm purely speculating there. but that's where the fbi became involved and interested in the e-mail exchanges between jill kelley and general john allen. in his opinion, innocuous entirely, but that seems to be the spark that dragged him into this particular investigation. again, this senior official saying, no sexual relationship between these two people at all. >> all right. nick payton walsh for us, obviously this is having effects around the world, getting information, trickles of information pouring in from around the world. nick, appreciate your reporting, thank you. >>> let's go down to the pentagon for more on general allen's communication with jill kelle
this anonymous e-mails alleged to have been sent by paula broadwell from an e-mail account, one received by general john allen, warning him about jill kelley. he knew jill kelley, so he would according to the senior official, he wrote to her and said, look, somebody is talking badly about you in e-mail, even threatening you. we don't know what happened there. that may have been what caused the fbi to be contacted by jill kelley. i'm purely speculating there. but that's where the fbi became...